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The latest Drought Monitor released yesterday shows that the moderate drought which has been affecting parts of the Southeast expanded by more than 50% since the last DM. Now more than half of Georgia is in moderate drought and other states have also seen increases in their drought levels. Since we are getting more rain…
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NOAA’s Climate.gov site has another interesting entry in their blog this week by Deke Arndt, one of my old friends and fellow climatologists. It shows that sometimes the climate is changing so rapidly, it fools the computers into thinking the data are bad. You will enjoy reading more about how they check for bad data…
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Here’s an interesting story from California’s Daily Democrat which discusses how putting plastic down in strawberry production changes the hydrology of the field, especially in areas where there is some slope. While many strawberry fields in the Southeast are quite flat, if they do have some slope the plastic may contribute to excess runoff and…
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NOAA released their climate summary for November 2017 for the US today. It shows that this November was the 7th warmest on record and the year to date so far is the 3rd warmest on record for the country as a whole. For Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia, it has been the…
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If you’ve been watching the news, you have been seeing some spectacular and scary scenes of fires burning across mountainsides of southern California under the influence of strong winds called Santa Ana winds, which blow down the mountains due to strong high pressure over the western US. If you are interested in learning more about…
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If you’ve been following the drought posts on this blog, you know that moderate drought is expanding across the Southeast. But sometimes the map doesn’t capture the full picture of what is going on in the ground because no one is there to report it. The Drought Monitor authors would love to have more information…
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Can you grow vegetables and other crops in winter? Well, of course it depends on where you are, since in south Florida you never experience frost and things grow all year. But for most of the Southeast, at some point you will experience freezing temperatures, which will limit your growing season. Modern Farmer has an…